Suspect arrested after alleged assault on police in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD – A man is under arrest after he allegedly held his girlfriend against her will, assaulted officers and jumped out a third floor window to escape police.

Lt. John K. Slepchuk said the incident was reported just before 7 p.m. at 66 Stockman St. in the Liberty Heights section of the city. He said the suspect had a weapon, and that he resisted when officers attempted to put him under arrest. Two officers, John Zollo and Jose Feliciano, were injured in the scuffle, Slepchuck said.

He said the suspect, whose name is not yet available, injured his leg when he jumped out the third floor window, landed on a porch roof and slid to the ground.

Slepchuk said the two officers and the suspect are being treated at Baystate Medical Center.